Dominic Missimi

Nicky Dominic Missimi

Nicky: A Memoir is a charming and heartfelt collection of essays and autobiographical sketches of an Italian-American boy growing up in 1950s small-town America. The author's stories of his colorful Sicilian and Southern Italian family and neighbors, his Catholic upbringing and education, and early childhood escapades evoke a simpler, and in many ways more understandable, past. As Nicky grows up, he recounts a series of experiences that led to his life in the theatre as a professor and professional director, as well as several adventures in Italy and the joys of mid-life adoption of his two daughters.. From Frank Galati, Writer/Director Oscar nominee and Tony Award Winner "I feel I have been invited to meet your family, to see the roots of your artistry, and to absorb the love and kindness that guided your life. You are a memoirist of skill and vivid remembering. Your family portraits are so deft and simply drawn. Your prose is so unadorned and lucid. Your narrrative, supported by pillars of wisdom, is often hilarious and deeply moving and like Moss Hart's ACT ONE, a comfort to any potential thespian considering to venture into the fray. Your DePinto "tribe" as you call them, is a joy to meet. Your entire brood must be blown away by this gift of their story and yours. As am I. Your story is a wonder to be told."